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C O V E R [ Cont.from 16 ] the team used custom versions of Autodesk's Maya, as well as The Foundry's Katana. The Phase 2 Face Rig tool was updated, allowing changes directly to character features. Body rig tools were also enhanced. The studio built up their library of pre-made poses and walks cycles from Cloudy with new tweaking W E B Classifieds tools and custom controllers. Historically, Hawkins says animated movies have 40 to 50 animators over a period of a few years, but for Cloudy 2, they had about 100 animators each working over five months. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 opens September 27. Help Wanted Advertising Sales Rep. S E R I E S [ Cont.from 22 ] Cleaners, which was building episodes and conforming them at press time, has a highly-stylized look, with lots of quick cuts and non-standard transitions, such as unusual wipes and flash frames. It features a large number of pan-and-scan effects, blowups, resizes and motion effects. The files were given LUTs on-set by DP Joseph White and DIT Carmen Del Toro so Siren Digital senior colorist Michael Eaves will have an idea what they're looking for when he begins his work in the mastering bay. Final color sessions will be completed in the company's 50-seat theater. Eaves, who's worked on dailies, commercials, episodic TV, animation and music videos, previously graded a winery tour series for the online Lexus channel. "We owe Web projects the same creativity, diligence and quality as any other project," he says. " Although Eaves says he's used just about every color grading system on the market, he enjoys the C O L O R S T O R Y Ad Sales Rep needed for advertising sales in Post Magazine and Computer Graphics World. The purpose of the position is to generate classified advertising sales for the publications CGW & Post Magazine in the areas of Rapid Prototyping (3D printing), Camera, Displays/monitors/projectors, Workstations (mobile, desktop), GPUs/CPUs, Input devices (mice, scanners, etc), Motion-capture, Storage, Service provider, Education/training, 2D modeling, 3D modeling, 3D animation, Compositing, Rendering, Lighting, Editing, CAD/CAM/CAE/CAA, AI/VR (including headmounted displays), Game engines, Middleware, Texturing, Simulation, Plug-ins, Web content tools, Music Libraries, Stock Footage, Large File Transfer companies , Studios. Full-time position. Operates from office when not traveling. "ease of use" of FilmMaster, its "powerful and robust tracking, easy grade management to carry corrections from one shot to a similar one, and smooth and highquality transform engine for scaling." He will be grading off of Red Raw files, and Cleaners will be mastered at 4K, 2K and HD resolutions to ensure future-proofing. "I work in a fully-calibrated environment for 4K," says Eaves. "Once we create 2K and HD versions, we'll do a translation process to make the 4K grading fit the other color spaces." He regards creative color grading as "finishing what the cinematographer and director had in mind. It's the only way to get a really great product." He expects to be working with director Leyden, producer Anne Clement and DP White in most color sessions. Siren Digital will deliver 4K, 2K and HD QuickTimes with 5.1 surround and stereo mixes embedded to Crackle.com for uploading. Skills/Qualifications: Customer Service, Meeting Sales Goals, Closing Skills,Prospecting Skills, Negotiation, SelfConfidence, Product Knowledge, Presentation Skills, Client Relationships, Motivation for Sales. Send cover letter and resume to: ksafaryan@copcomm.com. C A L I B R AT I O N [ Cont.from 31 ] upfront and book appointments. The Calibrated Display Matching Service is typically done at the start of a project. "It matches our display to the characteristics of something else, like calibrating our monitor to match the specifications of and emulate perfectly a digital projection screen," says Admans. This service was performed for J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot during VFX creation for Star Trek Into Darkness. Dolby monitors at Bad Robot and at their VFX vendors were calibrated to match the digital screening room at Abrams' facility, saving time and money by ensuring that "everyone was looking at the same thing," he says. Admans likens Dolby's Advanced Display Calibration to "a facility tune-up" that's performed once or twice a year. It includes all the features of the Basic Display Calibration Service and implements Dolby software, which normalizes the entire backlight — a very complex process. "There are over 4.5K individual RGB LED elements in the backlight and each needs to be calibrated to the right level," Admans explains. "Our process addresses each LED to make sure it's working to factory specification to deliver a perfectly uniform backlight. I believe it's unique to Dolby to perform this process in the field and not at the factory." With its on-site servicing, Dolby aims to "minimize the amount of customer down time or time out for basic maintenance," Admans says. "We know that's time you can't bill for." FLANDERS SCIENTIFIC Flanders Scientific (www.flandersscientific.com), manufacturer of affordable broadcast monitors, integrates a wide variety of calibration options to suit customer needs and budgets. For customers who don't own calibration equipment, the company offers a send-in service: Customers pay to ship the monitors to Flanders Scientific, which then performs calibration with its equipment and LightSpace CMS at no charge. "The send-in service is available as often as a customer likes, for as long as they own our equipment — even outside the warranty period. That's especially valuable for smaller facilities," notes GM Bram Desmet. "A good part of our bread-and-butter business is customers with one or two monitors. Many of these customers can't afford to invest in high-end software and probes to do their own calibration." Frequency of calibration depends on the monitor model, he says. "White LED backlights tend to be very stable, so those monitors can go up to two years without significant changes, but RGB LED backlight monitors could need calibration every six months." Flanders Scientific also resells Minolta's Automated Alignment Kit, which provides a "plug-and-play solution" for customers, says Desmet. Now, Flanders Scientific also integrates with third-par ty calibration software, notably Light Illusion's LightSpace CMS and SpectraCal's CalMan, for DIY calibration at an advanced level. "We're seeking to expand options and integrate more with thirdpar ty solutions and probes," Desmet repor ts. "So whatever workflow you have for calibration, we can integrate with it. We're trying to accommodate everyone's preference." CSR - CUSTOMER SERVICE REP. Our local office in Glendale, CA is seeking a Customer Service Representative to be the first point of contact with our print customers. Our customer service representatives are passionate, customer-focused professionals with outstanding people skills and the desire to help us grow our business through hard work and innovative thinking! As a customer service professional, your responsibilities will include: • Responding to service requests. • Investigating and resolving customer questions and concerns efficiently and compassionately. • Preparing and distributing reports (utilizing various proprietary systems) on a regular and timely basis. • Assisting with various administrative duties, such as filing, data entry, and ensuring SOP compliance. • Participating in inside sales activities. Successful team members also possess the following qualifications: • A High School Diploma or equivalent. Preferably a College Graduate. • At least 2 years of experience in a customer service or call-center environment. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills. • Strong data entry/typing skills. • The ability to multi-task and prioritize multiple assignments. Send cover letter and resume to: ksafaryan@copcomm.com. 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